When a teen goes missing in a London suburb, all eyes turn to a local man who is single and a loner. Circumstances in his life make him look guilty of harming her and possibly others, but he’s just as baffled as everyone else about what happened. Author Lisa Jewell builds a plot that spools out a little too far at times in her newest book Invisible Girl.

Despite having to move out of her house for a year, Cate Fours is excited. While renovations on their home are being completed, Cate and the family get to live in the suburb of Hampstead. She’s always eyed the village, wondering what it would be like to be a part of that crowd. Now she gets to find out, and she can’t wait.

The move, she thinks, will also be a reset for the family, particularly her and her husband, Roan. In the previous year, Cate suspected Roan of cheating on her. She went to long lengths to find out the truth, which included snooping through his work computer. That action crossed a line for Roan. His work as a therapist for adolescents means he stores highly sensitive information. Cate’s distrust led to them discussing separation, but they eventually moved past it.

They’ve also now moved to Hampstead. Cate tries to focus on the positives, but she can’t help noticing one of their neighbors across the street. The odd man lives with an older woman and doesn’t really interact with anyone. He makes Cate nervous, and after her daughter, Georgia, complains that he was following her home one evening Cate’s senses are on high alert.

The man is Owen Pick, and his new neighbors are bugging him. But then Owen has struggled to understand the female set his entire life. He’s never even had a relationship, and he doesn’t see that status changing any time soon.

Then the unthinkable happens: two of Owen’s female students report him for sexual misconduct. He tries to defend himself, but his case is weak. Then he stumbles across an online community he didn’t even know existed, one made up of men exactly like him: white, single, and frustrated with all of the binding rules society has placed on them. The more he gets pulled into the community, the more their beliefs make sense.

What doesn’t make sense is why the police would arrest him for the disappearance of 16-year-old Saffyre Maddox. He didn’t even know the girl. As the police push him for answers, some pieces of the mysterious puzzle start to fall into place. The only problem is that most of them point to him as Saffyre’s abductor.

Saffyre doesn’t know Owen, but she certainly knows Roan. Saffyre used to be Roan’s patient. After three years, he released her from treatment. Even though she agreed to it at the time, Saffyre knows the truth: she’s far from fixed and she desperately wants to be. She starts shadowing Roan and makes some startling discoveries of her own.

Author Lisa Jewell pulls together three storylines into a plot that, at times, leaves the three strands with too much slack. On their own, each set of circumstances are compelling. Because the characters do cross paths from time to time, even if they’re not always aware of it, readers are set up to expect a collision of conflicts. They’re made to wait longer than the genre typically presents, which might make some impatient for the biggest piece to be revealed: what happened to Saffyre.

The online world that Owen discovers—that of incels or involuntary celibates—drops into the background as other plot points become more prominent. With three main characters to handle, Jewell can only give so much space to each one. The story’s progression makes sense, but readers might wish she’d cut to the chase a little sooner.

The book’s resolution, by comparison, seems a little too pat. Everything gets straightened out or explained in seemingly record time. With all the tension that preceded it, the ending feels almost like a different book.

Still, Jewell includes a clever twist that most won’t be able to predict, and most of the character interactions feel authentic and grounded in a world that’s lived-in. Those looking for an “it” book for the fall might want to check this one out. Otherwise, I recommend readers Borrow Invisible Girl.

Wow! This is my favorite Lisa Jewell book that I’ve read so far, and I have to say that I’m pleasantly surprised. This plot had no lull to it in my opinion - I was always getting hit with little twists and revelations that I didn’t expect to unfold in the ways that they did! I absolutely love that we get to follow three different POVs, all of which are truly that: different. Sometimes it’s hard to differentiate between character’s points of view in books, but the voices here were so clearly distinct, and none of them were lacking in story.

Lisa Jewell is a genius at weaving these lives together in unexpected ways, and I absolutely loved how layered her characters were. We get to see these people exhibit pure evilness, innocence, revenge, growth, and endure downfalls and tragedy.

This was quite a wild ride set in claustrophobic suburbia, where you would like to think everyone knows one another....but do they really? Do you really know the people that live on your own street?

Rating: ★★★★☆

A fast-paced twisty and clever story involving creepy situations that sucked me in from the start. Jewell’s unconventional characters and their actions and circumstances kept me guessing. One of my favorite Lisa Jewell stories.

A gripping story where nothing is what it seems. In Jewell's style we keep on reading and reading until we get to the (mostly) surprising end. I enjoyed the book, I liked reading it and I believe it is perfect for this time of the year. I liked the characters, but not all of them, I liked Saffyre the most.
I also liked that the book addresses prejudice and current problems such as women suffering from assaults.
The story is a bit creepy but it is interesting and keeps you reading for hours. I liked it more than her previous book and I will definitely continue reading Jewell's books.

"Invisible Girl," the latest novel from Lisa Jewell, has several storylines and characters going for it, which I thought ultimately overwhelmed the story. Our story opens with young Saffyre Maddox, who spent three years as a patient of Roan Fours, and after he ended their therapy sessions, she felt abandoned and began stalking him, following him around work, home, etc., learning more than she expected about his routine. When she disappears, is it because she was too close to comfort? Truthfully, her disappearance has too many suspects: Roan, Josh, his son, who Saffyre strikes up a friendship with, Owen, a nearby neighbor/incel, Harrison, who abused Saffyre when she was younger. I wasn't a fan of the multiple suspects. I also didn't think that Georgia, Cate's daughter, brought anything to the story so I found her scenes largely irrelevant.

I don't want to say anything about the end for fear of spoiling it but I didn't like how Saffyre's mystery was wrapped up and how one of the characters underwent a redemption arc after being accused of murder. In my opinion, I didn't think they deserved a happy ending.

Yogi Berra famously said, “It ain’t over ’till it’s over.” In some novels, that’s simply not true. You can solve the mystery before you’re halfway through the book. Not so in Invisible Girl, where the twists and turns will have you guessing till the very end.

Seventeen year old Saffyre Maddox has been through a lot in her short life and she hasn’t always made the best decisions when it comes to dealing with her pain. Cutting definitely wasn’t a good choice and she has spent the past three years meeting with child psychologist Roan Fours in hopes of finding better ways to cope with her challenges. Saffyre shares a lot of emotional woes with Roan but she keeps the biggest thing a secret, slowly working towards giving voice to the awful experience she has never told anyone about. Before she can fully work up the courage to articulate what occurred, Roan tells Saffyre he thinks their work is done and they have nothing further to discuss. He ends their sessions, giving her a clean bill of health. Feeling abandoned and slightly betrayed, Saffyre begins to stalk Roan, learning where he lives, studying his family life, and watching what he does and who he sees in his off hours. Before long, Saffyre knows the Fours family and their neighbors better than they know themselves – and some of what she’s discovered frightens her.

Cate Fours had been excited to move to “the grand apartment in a grand house in Hampstead.” The rental is temporary, a place to stay while their home in Kilburn is repaired after being damaged by land subsidence, and the whole family had initially looked at the experience as an adventure. And it was convenient, close to her husband’s office and just a short walk away from the children’s’ school. The situation seemed ideal – at least at first. Recently, something about the quiet, elegant streets has felt wrong, the posh silence somehow more frightening than the hustle and bustle of their former neighborhood. When her teenage daughter Georgia becomes scared that someone is stalking her, mother and daughter immediately suspect the man in the flat across the street.

Owen Pick was returning home; following Georgia after they disembarked from the tube had nothing to do with a desire to be near her and everything to do with wanting to get back to his own house. It soon becomes apparent Georgia and her mother Cate believe he’s some sort of deviant, a stressor Owen definitely doesn’t need. He’s already been suspended from his position as a geography teacher after two of his students accused him of sexual misconduct, accusations which he strongly denies. The last thing he wants is the neighbors involving the police When Owen goes online to research how to deal with his employment situation, he finds himself inadvertently drawn to the incel – involuntary celibate – forums, where he discovers an entire world of men like himself, men who feel increasingly ostracized and abused in the “new feminist reality.”

Initially, the only thing our characters share is geography. Saffyre spends most of her time walking the streets between Roan’s office and his home and takes to sleeping in a building site across from his house. Cate is busy caring for her family, completely unaware of the teenager who is spying on them and privy to all their secrets. Secrets she herself is blissfully unaware of. Owen has no idea the pivotal role Saffyre will inadvertently play in his life and moves about his day oblivious to her.

But a series of sexual assaults start to occur in the area. Bizarre events which culminate with the disappearance of Saffyre, and Owen and Cate finding themselves shockingly ensnared in the police investigation which ensues.

To say this story is a slow burn is to almost exaggerate its glacial pace. The first chapters contain almost zero suspense and are instead devoted to building readers’ knowledge of who each of our three leads is. Cate is slightly paranoid; concern for Georgia’s safety, her son Josh’s quiet fragility and the fact that her husband might be having an affair are slowly eroding her sense of normalcy and calm. Cate’s desperate for everything to be all right but is increasingly certain that something odd is happening in her home and she’s terribly worried it has something to do with the assaults and Saffyre’s disappearance. Owen is angry; he feels like life has treated him unfairly and has always believed that his problems with women lie with them – their over-sensitivity, their unwillingness to overlook his awkwardness, their judgmentalism – and the incel culture gives him a place to release his anger and pain for all the ways the world has hurt him. But as Owen gains more intimate knowledge of the community, he slowly realizes how dangerous the people he has become involved with are. Saffyre is damaged; she seems to have no idea how peculiar her obsession with Roan is and also to have no understanding that stalking and spying on people are wrong. As the author slowly reveals the terrible experience from her past, we realize what is driving her and just how that entwines with her current reality.

Because the mystery doesn’t really coalesce until the halfway point, Invisible Girl essentially reads as two different stories. The first half is a general fiction novel describing the ups and downs of three denizens of Hampstead and how they are at crucial turning points in their lives. There is an underlying tension due to Saffyre’s spying and the author does a lovely job of turning an ordinary neighborhood into a chilling, atmospheric, eerie locale where ordinary people can face extraordinary dangers. But for the most part this section just involves a lot of mundane activity. The second half of the story is the thriller – Saffyre’s disappearance serves as a catalyst for Owen and Cate to realize that something was wrong in their lives long before a young girl went missing and the police came knocking at their doors. This part of the novel is intense and engrossing as we try to differentiate between the victims and villains and realize that everyone is possibly a little of each. The author does a great job of keeping us guessing regarding what actually occurred until the very end and also expertly brings her story to a surprising conclusion.

Most books have flaws, though, and this one has a couple which kept it from DIK status. I have already mentioned the rather slow start and would add that this tale has some rather unbelievable elements, especially in the last few pages. You won’t notice them while you’re racing to reach the conclusion, but once the story is finished you’ll start questioning certain factors in the resolution.

Like many suspense novels, this book deals with some disturbing subjects. The use of date rape drugs is mentioned, as well as sexual assaults on young girls, some in their teens and some even younger. A bit of physical violence takes place and non-consensual rape fantasies are mentioned. None of it is overtly graphic and none of it is glamorized or condoned in any way.

I thoroughly enjoyed the lovely prose, fascinating characters and convoluted situations in Invisible Girl. It’s too slow paced to be truly classified as a thriller but if you are looking for a character driven mystery with some surprising twists and turns, this may be the perfect book for you.

After several assaults the Fours family has become obsessed with and the creepy neighbor across the street, Owen Pick, who is later wrongly accused of a crime linked to the disappearance of Saffyre Maddox.
The story kept me interested in finding out what happened to Saffyre. I felt sorry for Owen on how he kept being picked on because he was just different from what is expected from society.
I have enjoyed Lisa Jewell’s books and will be picking up any future publications.
I would like to that the Publisher, Author and NetGalley for the eARC.

In the past couple of years, Lisa Jewell has become one of my go-to authors -- and I have to say Invisible Girl did not disappoint. If you’re one of those people who needs a book to grab you from the start, look no further, this book does that and more.

So, my mistake was starting this book at 10PM. What was I thinking? I should have known better, Lisa Jewell's books have kept me up until the wee hours before. And if your wondering, I was up until 4AM.! Yikes!! Thank goodness I didn’t have to work that morning.

What I love about Invisible Girl is the cast of characters.
*Cate and Roan Fours and their kids have temporarily moved into a prestige and quiet neighbourhood.
*Owen Pick, the creepy guy who’s currently residing across the street from the Fours.
*Saffyre Maddox, former patient of Roan Fours, goes missing on Valentine’s Day and last seen in the vicinity of the Fours home.

In this book, everyone has a past and everyone has a secret. This story will lay it all out with multiple points of view and surprise you in the end.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for the advanced copy of this book for review. You know I’ll be looking forward to the next one.
4 Stars

In the past, I read The Family Upstairs. I recently read Then She Was Gone with a book club that I host. I really enjoyed both of those previous Lisa Jewell books, so I was very excited when I got approved for an ARC of this new book, Invisible Girl. Unfortunatley. I have the unpopular opinion: I didn’t love it.

It was really slow for me in the beginning. I thought maybe it me - perhaps I just wasn't in the right head space for this book. Whatever the reason, I struggled to connect with the characters and found it difficult to really feel for the drama they encounter.

I definitely think that the story got better the more I read and I became interested in discovering what the twists would lead to. I didn’t love this one as much as I loved the previous two books I'd read, but it was interesting.

I always feel horrible when a book is just okay for me. I’m giving this one 4 stars because it really could have had more to do with my mood than with the book. I absolutely would recommend this book for others, and I am still going to read more of Lisa Jewell's books in the future.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Saffyre Maddox has had a complicated life. Still only a teenager, she lost her parents early in life, went through trauma, and started to cut herself around her ankles when she was still young. She spent 3 years going to see child psychologist Roan Fours, and it helped. Now she is an A-student, getting ready for university, and living a good life with her uncle. Or she was, before she went missing.

Roan and his wife Cate have two teenaged kids and a house under construction. Having moved to a rental in a different part of town, Cate wants her family to have a different perspective for a while. Living in Hampstead is lovely, but they are across the street from an older apartment building and a lot that has been scheduled for reconstruction for years and has become more than a little rundown in the meantime. Cate didn’t think anything of it when they moved, but Georgia finds herself with a creepy feeling when she comes and goes. She thinks maybe it’s the 30ish-year-old man who lives in one of the apartments across the way.

That man who lives across the street, Owen Pick, is having some problems at work. He teaches teenagers how to code, and he feels like the teenaged girls are making fun of him. He’s not confident around women, and when he is accused of sexual misconduct at the school, he finds himself online talking to a new friend who identifies as an “incel,” an involuntary celibate. He blames women for his inability to have a relationship, and he points Owen in the direction of forums where he can talk to other like-minded men.

A series of sexual assaults in the neighborhood makes Cate even more nervous about Georgia and her friends being out in the neighborhood without an adult. And Cate worries about her son Josh’s demeanor. He’s not a kid any longer, but he still has a sweetness, an innocence about him. She and Roan went through a rough patch the previous year, and she worries that their struggles affected Josh. But it’s not until Saffyre goes missing that Cate finds herself willing to face the darkness that might be under her own roof.

Lisa Jewell’s newest thriller Invisible Girl is a tangled web of lies and secrets, of family relationships gone wrong and chosen relationships bringing healing. The intricacy of the plotting is impeccable, and the pacing is perfection. Invisible Girl is a smart thriller with strong characters and a compelling story.

I absolutely loved this book. I thought that the story worked well, that the plot was compelling and the story logic was flawless. But mostly, I loved the young women in this story. They were self-aware and avoided stupid choices. They weren’t perfect, but they tried to be true to themselves. I particularly loved the ending to this one. I’m not going to say why, but I found it so fulfilling, bringing everything together in a really lovely way. If you’re a thriller fan, you’ll definitely want to put this one on your list!

Egalleys for Invisible Girl were provided by Atria Books through NetGalley, with many thanks.

So, I finally got some free time to myself this past Sunday and I finished Invisible Girl. Unpopular opinion: I didn’t love it. 🤷🏻‍♀️ It was really slow for me at first. I attributed this to my problem of not being able to focus due to the general horribleness of life right now. I didn’t like any of the characters either. This book is more of a family drama with an undercurrent of being a thriller. Mystery/family drama with a side order of what happens when society passes judgment on people without knowing the facts.
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The story got better the more I read and I became invested in certain characters. But I didn’t love this one as much as I loved The Family Upstairs so I felt a little bit letdown. Invisible Girl is told by three different characters and Lisa Jewell definitely has a way of crafting interesting characters with an interweaving story. I was never quite sure where this story was going. But there was a small part of me that just didn’t care. It was interesting, but just okay for me. I’m giving this one 4⭐️ because it did keep me thinking about it for a few days while I gathered my thoughts. I didn’t mind the ending. And the cover is gorgeous. I'm still really excited to read more of Lisa Jewell's previous and future books!

First and foremost, a large thank you to NetGalley, Lisa Jewell, and Atria Books for providing me with a copy of this publication, which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.

In a story that pushes the reader to ask how well we really know someone comes this thriller by Lisa Jewell. Told from numerous perspectives, it is a piece that races along, offering insights and misdirection in equal doses. Daunting and spine-tingling from the get-go, this is a ‘jewel’ in the genre.

As the novel begins, Saffyre Maddox lays the groundwork for herself and hints at an as-yet undisclosed ‘horrible event’, which saw her spend a significant amount of time in therapy. She appears quite private, but has a secret that has pushed her to self-harming, something her therapist is trying to better understand.

Meanwhile, Roan Fours is a successful child psychologist with issues outside the practice. His wife, Cate, is hyper vigilant about Roan’s every movement, after a marital issue that appears to have involved another woman. Now, Cate surmises that Saffyre might be making a play on her husband, when a mysterious card arrives on Valentine’s Day. Could this be a new round of panic for Cate?

All the while, Owen Pick’s life is falling apart. A geography teacher who’s been suspended after some complaints by students, Pick has little going for him. A virgin and living with his aunt, Pick presents as quite creepy and socially awkward. He happens to be a neighbour to the Fours family, where the teenage girl reports creepy feelings when making her way home from the Tube one night. There have also been a number of sexual assaults in the area, which puts many on high alert.

When Saffyre Maddox goes missing, the last person to have seen her is Owen Pick. With his past, Pick is a likely candidate for having done something. He is known to gawk and his past sticks to him like an indelible letter.

As the story progresses, the reader sees the narrative peel back many layers and shines the light on a potential few who may want to see harm come to Saffyre, as well as insights by the victim herself. The plot thickens and the chill factor arises, leaving the reader to guess until the final reveal.

Having never read Lisa Jewell before, this was an interesting sampling of a new author with a large following. While I have read many thrillers, Jewell presents a unique perspective that had me curious from the outset. I wanted to know more and can only wonder if many of the other novels follow this successful recipe.

It’s hard to choose a single character to place in the role of protagonist. Jewell offers many through a rotating narrative in the novel. At times, Saffyre takes the central role, offering the reader an in-depth look at her personal struggles. This is contrasted by both Cate and Owen perspectives, both of whom have their own pile of issues. There is a peppering of backstory and some character development throughout, allowing the reader to get a better understanding of all the players in this complex story. Jewell does well keeping all her characters working together to build up a stronger story, with numerous subplots advancing simultaneously.

Jewell does well juggling the various perspectives in this piece, keeping plot lines clear and characters stories from blurring. The reader does need to remain attentive throughout, keeping everything straight, though the pieces do eventually fall into place with ease. Chapters of various lengths help move things along, bundled together to offer significant advancement for one character before moving on to another. A clipped narrative and cogent dialogue help pull the reader in and turn this into a page turner that will have the reader wanting to burn the midnight oil, if only to learn Saffyre Maddox‘s fate. I’d try another Lisa Jewell novel, given the opportunity.

Kudos, Madam Jewell, for this insightful novel. You have me curious about what else you’ve written, as I can see you have a significant fan base.

Lisa Jewell is one of my faves and I devoured her latest psychological mystery, The Invisible Girl. Thank you to my friends @simonschusterca and @netgalley for the arc in exchange for my honest thoughts.

Lisa Jewell’s writing style always drags me in from page one and this book is no exception. It’s well written, dark, creepy and thought provoking. Told through multiple perspectives, it tackles trauma, manipulation, sexual assault and brings light to the dangerous world of incels.

With multiple perspectives, you’re sometimes left wanting to know more from certain characters and that was the case for me with Saffyre. I wanted more of her and less of Claire. But as always, Jewell does a great job at creating different voices, stories and having them come together in a way that makes sense.

This is more of a psychological mystery than a traditional thriller. I recommend it for fans of Jewell and readers who like to explore the psychology behind the monsters that can live right next door. Is it too soon to be waiting for her next book

Hooking me from the get go, Invisible Girl was a fast paced and intense read. Each chapter made me want to keep reading and not put this one down. The three characters we follow all end up with closure of various levels with different aspects of their lives which I appreciated. There is one graphic scene with sexual assault of a young minor that happens later in the last third of the book so be warned about that. This can definitely be a triggering read for some people so keep that in mind.

Owen Pick is a man who has trouble communicating with others particularly women. Saffyre Maddox is a girl who has never gotten over a trauma she suffered when she was a young girl. After a chance encounter with someone who may or not have been Saffyre, Owen is accused when she suddenly disappears. However, there is much more to this story that that. Throw in a somewhat unscrupulous therapist and his long-suffering wife and more. This book is full of a rich array of characters and a plot that keeps twisting and turning. Much of it is about characters who are disenfranchised and don't fit into the norms of society whether by choice or not. It will make you angry on behalf of these people, and they way we treat them but it will also give you hope that there is a better way.

I'm a huge Lisa Jewell fan and this book did not disappoint! It is a haunting story that's fast-paced and kept me guessing. As a mom, it was hard to read at times but I couldn't put it down until I knew what happened. The multiple POVs really helped me get into the minds of the characters and I loved the message that there's more to people than meets the eye and the worst monsters sometimes walk in plain sight.

Thanks to NetGalley, Atria and the author for an advanced copy to review.

Synopsis: this thriller alternates between Owen, an awkward loner living with his elderly aunt; Cate, Owen’s neighbor who is also the wife of a child psychologist; and Saffyre, a teenager who used to be a patient of Cate’s husband. When assaults start happening across the neighborhood where the three live, their stories start intersecting and ultimately lead to Saffyre’s disappearance. The reader is left to wonder who is responsible for Saffyre’s disappearance and if it is the same person who is behind the assaults.

My thoughts: this one was a page turner for me. I thought Owen was a unique thriller character, and while I disliked him, his character examined some interesting society and upbringing issues. It was nice to have an unreliable male narrator for a change. I also loved that the ending came out of nowhere and gave me a nice little “wow” moment that I always need in a thriller. While I did enjoy this one overall, I did find the characters to be unrelatable and unrealistic at times. I’d still recommend the book to Jewell fans, though, and I’d give this one a nice 4⭐️ rating overall!

Who should read: fans of Gone Girl or You might enjoy this one!

Happy pub date to this dark and twisty ride with extremely well developed, quirky, creepy characters!

17 year old Saffyre goes missing, turning the lives of seemingly unconnected people in a posh London neighbourhood upside down. A child therapist and his family, a socially incompetent 30-something school teacher under investigation for questionable behaviours around his students, incels, stalkers, cheaters and more collide in unexpected ways.

I just could not put this book down — it had me absolutely rapt. I was so curious and just had to know where it was all going. Though, I have to admit that at times I felt like I was reading 3 very different books that felt impossible to connect, but Jewell brought them all together coherently in the end. Some of the plot lines were also a bit too unrealistic for me to feel completely invested in my belief. However, overall, this was a thrilling psychological mystery (more than actual thriller) story to follow, at times incredibly uncomfortable.

It’s a look at the wild animals parading in men’s clothing - the dangers that lurk for womxn, even in the seemingly safest of places. Fast-paced, provocative and very very dark.

Thank you to Atria Books and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I'll start of by saying I have loved every book I've read of Lisa Jewell's. She was a gifted way of telling a story that keeps you captivated the entire time. Her newest release, Invisible Girl, is no exception. I read this one in one sitting and I could not put it down!!

Told in three point of views, the characters were strong, the writing was superb, and it definitely kept my interest. It's definitely a book psychological thriller lovers will want to read.

Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley for my advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Ring the bells, everyone, because LISA JEWELL HAS WRITTEN A NEW BOOK AND IT’S AWESOME!

Lisa Jewell is an amazingly talented suspense writer, often focusing on families and usually taking place in England. I love her books, her plotting, her pacing, her characters.

This book is no exception!

Here’s the overview:

Owen Pick’s life is falling apart. In his thirties and living in his aunt’s spare bedroom, he has just been suspended from his job as a teacher after accusations of sexual misconduct—accusations he strongly denies. Searching for professional advice online, he is inadvertently sucked into the dark world of incel forums, where he meets a charismatic and mysterious figure.

Across the street from Owen lives the Fours family, headed by mom Cate, a physiotherapist, and dad Roan, a child psychologist. But the Fours family have a bad feeling about their neighbor Owen. He’s a bit creepy and their teenaged daughter swears he followed her home from the train station one night.

Meanwhile, young Saffyre Maddox spent three years as a patient of Roan Fours. Feeling abandoned when their therapy ends, she searches for other ways to maintain her connection with him, following him in the shadows and learning more than she wanted to know about Roan and his family. Then, on Valentine’s night, Saffyre disappears—and the last person to see her alive is Owen Pick.

With evocative, vivid, and unputdownable prose and plenty of disturbing twists and turns, Jewell’s latest thriller is another “haunting, atmospheric, stay-up-way-too-late read” (Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author).

I read this book straight through the day I got it from Net Galley (months ago) and I loved it!

Highly Recommended!! Thank you for my ARC kindle copy.